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Europe fines DRAM makers €331 million for price fixing

19 May 2010, 14:56

Samsung by far the most heavily fined, but all of them were involved to some extent.

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HTC joins Nokia in Apple sue-fest

13 May 2010, 12:14

Not only is HTC suing Apple back, but it wants to halt the sale of the iPhone, iPad and iPod.

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Apple SDK changes face regulatory scrutiny

4 May 2010, 09:04

The decision to ban development on platforms not approved by Apple may be judged anti-competitive.

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Police raid home of iPhone scoop journo

27 April 2010, 10:07

The backlash resulting from Gizmodo’s acquisition of a next-generation iPhone prototype has begun.

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The ‘lost’ next-gen iPhone saga

20 April 2010, 09:55

A tech blog bought a prototype of the next Apple phone and published, but what will Apple do about it?

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Digital Economy Bill pushed through with ISP blocking injunction intact

8 April 2010, 13:37

Another bill is rushed-through during wash-up, meaning ISPs can now be forced to block access to websites.

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US photographers sue Google

8 April 2010, 11:08

Google’s drive to copy content and make it publicly available lands it in hot water once more.

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Broadband tax scrapped

7 April 2010, 13:59

Government forced to concede ground in the scramble to push through legislation before Parliament is dissolved.

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Google redirects Chinese users to Hong Kong

23 March 2010, 09:29

Compromise measure is possible because google.com.hk isn’t censored by China, for now.

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Google and Viacom exchange public barbs

19 March 2010, 10:47

The lawsuit between the two companies over YouTube heats up as their opening briefs are made public.

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HTC tells Apple to chill

18 March 2010, 12:18

Unsurprisingly smartphone maker HTC disagrees with Apple’s lawsuit against it and will defend itself.

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NVIDIA increases legal pressure on Intel

15 March 2010, 10:54

A new NVIDIA portal is dedicated to publicising all the legal actions against Intel.

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Google reportedly close to closing Chinese site

15 March 2010, 09:20

The FT and WSJ are both reporting that Google has failed to reach a compromise with the Chinese state over censorship.

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China tells Google to comply or else

12 March 2010, 18:27

The IT minister sent out a warning that Google will have to pay the consequences if it breaks Chinese law.

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Apple sues HTC – it’s all kicking-off

2 March 2010, 15:28

Yet more work for the patent lawyers as Apple rounds on Google’s new best buddy.

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Europe approves merger of Orange and T-Mobile in the UK

1 March 2010, 17:14

Having proposed the deal back in September, they are now free to create the UK’s biggest mobile operator.

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Italian court challenges Internet freedom

24 February 2010, 12:03

An Italian court has convicted three Google executives for hosting a video of a crime being committed.

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Now it’s Google’s turn at trial by Europe

24 February 2010, 09:46

Following complaints from three different sources, the way Google ranks competitor’s sites comes under scrutiny.

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Should German lawyers be able to tell UK media what to write?

29 January 2010, 15:19

Lawyers for German company Smartbook AG have written to HEXUS, telling us not to use the term smartbook.

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BSkyB to win £200 million damages from EDS

27 January 2010, 09:44

Court finds the HP-owned IT services giant lied to Sky in order to secure a contract.

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Rambus gets another result – NVIDIA this time

25 January 2010, 09:52

Having only just settled with Samsung, memory patent outfit Rambus wins a ruling against several other tech companies.

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Samsung pays $900 million to settle with Rambus

20 January 2010, 11:02

The Korean tech giant resolves its DRAM spat with license holder Rambus by agreeing to hand over a bunch of cash.

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Kodak sues Apple and RIM over patents

15 January 2010, 10:05

It looks set to be another busy year for the legal departments of the big technology companies.

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FTC sniffs around Google AdMob deal

24 December 2009, 11:03

US regulators are having a second look at Google’s proposed acquisition of the mobile advertising company. Good.

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Microsoft loses Word appeal, must pay $290 million and change software

23 December 2009, 09:56

The software giant has lost its latest appeal in the i4i case and must remove feature from Word by 11 January 2010.

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Google ne passera pas

18 December 2009, 15:49

Search giant fined €300,000 by French court for copying books without seeking specific permission.

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How much trouble is Intel in?

17 December 2009, 09:55

We hear from competitors, regulators, legal experts and Intel itself to establish the ramifications of the FTC action.

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Intel sued by FTC

16 December 2009, 17:52

The ordeal is far from over for Intel as the US Federal Trade Commission has its turn on the punch bag.

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Europe welcomes Oracle concessions on MySQL

14 December 2009, 12:15

Oracle commits to a bunch of measures it hopes will make the European Commission approve its acquisition of Sun Microsystems.

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Apple sues Nokia back

11 December 2009, 16:32

The inevitable legal ping-pong ensues as former Intel top lawyer picks up where he left off.

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Apple ordered to pay-up for patent infringement

10 December 2009, 09:22

The firm was told to pay $21.7 million in damages to IC maker, OPTi for accidentally infringing on its technology patent.

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£6 per year broadband tax to go ahead

9 December 2009, 14:17

In his pre-budget report, the Chancellor of the Exchequer confirmed he intends to impose the tax on fixed lines.

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Broader ongoing Intel investigation includes NVIDIA dispute

3 December 2009, 10:39

The FTC hasn’t stopped investigating Intel just because it chucked some money at AMD.

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